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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    06:40 PM

    In reply to Give Me A Biotech Apocalypse That I Can Believe In
    Ribofunk, by Paul Di Filippo... not exactly a biotech apocalypse, but it's got some concepts that I still can't get out of my head, years after reading it.
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    05:57 PM

    In reply to Give Me A Biotech Apocalypse That I Can Believe In
    I would like to order a stampeding herd of carnivorous, genetically engineered cows with a side of man-eating, Seymour-type killer plants. Medium well, please. Oh, and a nice Red wine with the meat-eating cowpocolypse, thankyouverymuch.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    05:30 PM

    In reply to Give Me A Biotech Apocalypse That I Can Believe In
    Disappointing as it was, the made-for-TV remake of The Andromeda Strain had an interesting idea along the lines that you're referring to. Not quite as exciting as some of the suggestions you made, though.
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    04:46 PM

    In reply to The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
    Ah, nothing spurs interplanetary tourism like fart lakes.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12:35 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    How trippy must that be to not only watch a hand across the room move in response to your thoughts, but to actually feel through it as well.

    Call me when we've perfected the technology; I want a big sexy blue cat body to run around in.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12:28 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    I would remove my legs for cybernetic replacements in a heartbeat. No more pain and restored functionality...
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12:36 PM

    @Makidian: Amen, brother! I live with nerve damage in my left leg and I'd do it in a heartbeat!
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    12:26 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    alright! can I order an attachment so I can add an extra thumb to each of my hands and maybe get some some extra arms that attach Doc Oct. style?
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    01:01 PM

    @RoboBagins: Extra fingers would be useful for piano players. Extra arms would be useful for one man bands.
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    04:46 PM

    @RoboBagins: That depends. Did you want arms that make you evil? Because that will cost extra.
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    Image of BangarangRufio867 BangarangRufio867
    12:23 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    This is definitely really cool stuff, however, you know a man's got needs. One of these days one of those "complex movements" may lead to a handful of new problems.

    I'm talking about masterbation.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12:22 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    Still no flying cars, but cyborgs are just around the corner...
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    12:55 PM

    @Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: If we combined the efforts, we could have cyborg flying cars within about 10 years or so!

    or would they be car flying cyborgs?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    01:41 PM

    @The_Sporean_Bob:
    I think the word you are looking for is 'awesome'. They would be awesome.
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    12:11 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    I wonder if you can tell it to *not* register things like needle pricks. You know, so you can just grab that tray of cookies right out of the oven.

    Kudos to the people making this stuff. I really gotta hand it to them.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12:25 PM

    @aubreyf: Not a good idea. You need some sort of sensory registration or you could damage that hand or what ever it is in contact with.
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    Image of BangarangRufio867 BangarangRufio867
    12:38 PM

    @aubreyf: that's why they make robotic oven mitts
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    12:59 PM

    @LittleDragon: Oh you and your logic. How about a removable "skin glove" (like on Fringe) that has the feeling embedded in it? Take it off when you don't need to feel.
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    12:03 PM

    In reply to Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
    Oh, I'm gonna look so cool with one of those on.
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10:47 AM

    In reply to The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
    It's raining hydrocarbons! Aaayeee!
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    Image of allium allium
    11:20 AM

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Nah, it's cool as long as there's no free oxygen...

    ...you brought free oxygen, didn't you. Did you even read the pamphlet they gave you at Enceladus?
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    10:33 AM

    In reply to The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
    All methane mysteries come down to one thing...cow farts.
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    04:52 PM

    @TotalFanGirl: Not cows, SPACE cows.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    04:57 PM

    @Dresan: Then what we need here is a Space Cowboy....anyone seen Mal?
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    05:37 PM

    @TotalFanGirl: Isn't he out solving mysteries or something?
    Maybe we need another type of Space Cowboy:
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10:18 AM

    In reply to The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
    Spacekatchewan?
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10:58 AM

    @ThisDudeRufus: Titansota, land of 10,000 methane lakes.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11:43 AM

    @ThisDudeRufus: Second Saskatchewan reference in 2 days around here.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11:58 AM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: That's because Saskatchewan is the best.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:41 PM

    @Annalee Newitz: The best what?
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/02/09

    In reply to Paralyzed By Light
    No offense, but you folks are way behind on some news... I posted a tip about this here on io9 back a full 2 weeks.
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